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Associate Professor (voluntary) of Family and Preventive Medicine and of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego
Author of:
What You Must Know About Statin Drugs and Their Natural Alternatives
Over Dose: The Case Against the Drug Companies
The Magnesium Solution for High Blood Pressure
The Magnesium Solution for Migraine Headaches
Jay S. Cohen, M.D. is a nationally recognized expert on medications and side effects. As an Associate Professor (voluntary) of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Cohen's work has been featured in newspapers and magazines across America including the New York Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, Consumer Reports, Wall Street Journal, Modern Majority, Women's Day, Bottom Line Health, and Life Extension Magazine. Dr. Cohen has appeared on more than 100 radio programs including National Public Radio, the People's Pharmacy, and the Gary Null show.
Dr. Cohen accepts no funding from the drug industry or government. Dr. Cohen is a b advocate for patients' rights of informed consent, an expert on improving medication safety, and long-time critic of the drug industry. His previous book, Over Dose: The Case Against The Drug Companies (Tarcher/Putnam 2001) received unanimously excellent reviews. Dr. Cohen has presented his independent research on making medications safer as a featured speaker at major medical conferences and at the FDA. He has publicly debated the FDA's top medication expert on four occasions. In his books and medical journal articles, Dr. Cohen warned about problems with antidepressants such as Prozac and Paxil, anti-inflammatory drugs such as Celebrex and Bextra, and hormones such as Premarin and Prempro. Subsequently, each of these drugs became a national concern when new toxicities were revealed.
Dr. Cohen believes that these problems can be avoided with better, individualized medication treatment. In his new book on statin cholesterol-lowering drugs (Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor, Lescol, Crestor), he informs patients how to choose between prescription drugs and alternative therapies, and how to use them as safely and effectively as possible.
During his one-hour teleseminar interview he discussed his new book and explained how you can lower cholesterol and other cardiac risk factors with statin drugs (Lipitor Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor, Lescol, Crestor) or with effective alternative methods.
Topics Include:
- How statin drugs work
- Why low dosages may work better for you
- When having high cholesterol levels are good for you
- Muscle pains and other common side effects of statin medications
- 6 great tests you should do in addition to cholesterol testing
- Why doctors ignore side effects of statins
- The story behind Alzheimer's and statin drugs
- What vitamins may reduce your heart risk
- 8 natural alternatives to statin drugs
- What every statin user must know about Co-enzyme Q10
- Best places to buy your cholesterol-lowering products
- How to cut your statin drug costs in half
Listen to this segment where he discusses the proper use of drugs and dosage size. He found that many people are taking dosages that are higher than necessary.
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